The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-06
SLABSIDE GROWLs.
Il Chronic KickeP's Views on Verv
Complicated P0st-Ofice
Regulation.


Shabsids was in a fault-fnding mood
when met hsm the other day. He
usually comes to me with his woes
when am very busy, and invariably
corners me and Ess it out whenever he
feels he has sone special grievance
againsF-t hings az he finds them.
The fool who invented the present
plan OF collecting postage on an un-
prepaid letter ought to have q keeper,
he began, when he was sure he had me
fixed so that L could not escape BIN:
For example, suppose you write
letter at Shsboygan to Mr. Jay Gould,
New York, asking his advice as to
whether you should go IC2g on Western
Union or sell it short fora turn, sud.
10 the hurry of a moment drop the let
ter II the box without putting s 2cent
stamp on it. Now, does the postmaster
at Sheboygan send that letter along,
with Instructions to the postmaster at
New York to deliver it and cOaeot 2
cents from Mr.. Gouid7 NO, [ guess
not. That would be expediting masters
too mach. There wouldn't be enough
Decentralization about that sort or ar.
rangement to Sit some people who are
set up to help run this government.
Notwithstanding tie importance of
your unstsmped letter, and your ex.
ceeding great impatience for az lans Wer,
the Sheboygan postmaster sits down
and calmly and coolly fills up a card to
Mr.. Gould, stating that certain letter
addressed to him and Unprovided with
the reQlired stamp, lies IN the Sheboy--
gan poStofnce, and that the same will be
forwarded as per address # the card be
returned TO Sheboygan in a sealed en-
vel0pe AID accompanied by a 2 cent
stamp rsr-a.
'sNosg il will cost the government
Just as muGh to carry tha5 card OF mott
ication te Mr.. Gould as it would to
carry our letter, but the government
will col lect that cents IN the most
roundal bout way if it has 20 spend dol
lar to do it. e-4 49,
@To g ct your lettac fcon the Sheboy--
gan pos Coffce Mr.. Gould must spend q
part OF lis valuable time, which is said,
to be vi orth about 81 and 60 cents g.
minute, enclosing the card and postage
stamp il an envelope and directing it to.
the post master at Sheboygsn. Suppose
be does this in three minutes, he is out.
about 81 and so cents in time, to say
nothing of an envelope and postage,
while 70 u are compelled to. wait about
two Yves ks for an answer to an impor-
Eanh Ans lncial question that, II the or
dinsEy curse OF things ought to have
semein less than five days"
1 alWs iys agree to anything Slabside
says VII en- he has a grievance against
society or his government Tt is the
only va. to escape him at all.
Why nobody but a iunatic could
sFer ha We thought of such q foolish
plan" re continued, growing warmer
md na0i e earnest and more impressive.
n his Z tanner. GIVE had some exper-
ence " it'll the thing myself. Some
ime sg I got card from the post
master It Sourappleville, stating that a
etter ad dressed to nue. was held In his
flee fol two paltry cents, and that it
would b e started on its way when he
eeeiVed the needed stamp. Well, [ sent
Inn the postage, and, in the course of g.
week, saloDg came the letter.. over
which, by this time, my curiosity had
worked itself up 70 q fever heat, and
fter al that fooling and trouble, and
waste fstatIonery, it was nothing but
blams ID impudent dun from foarth-
lass 81 loemaker I had once favored
nth M = custom to the extent of $Ss and
! half. | should like to see men of
ense p ut IN Office to run this govern
nent.- scott Way, in lid Bits.